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No further updates for Debian 5.0 Lenny

10 February 2012

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Source: H Security - Posted by Dave Wreski
The Debian developers have pointed out, in a announcement on the debian-announce mailing list, that – three years after it was released – Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) has reached its "End of Life".
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Mozilla explains user-tracking proposal for Firefox

08 February 2012

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Source: The Register UK - Posted by Dave Wreski
In a story published yesterday your humble Reg writer wrongly confused Mozilla's Telemetry project with the open-source outfit's so-called Metrics Data Ping proposal. Mozilla has been in touch to clear things up.
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Hackers wanted $50,000 to keep Symantec source code private

07 February 2012

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Source: CNET - Posted by Dave Wreski
As part of a sting operation, Symantec told a hacker group that it would pay $50,000 to keep the source code for some of the its flagship security products off the Internet, the company confirmed to CNET this evening.
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'Anonymous' hackers intercept conversation between FBI and Scotland Yard

03 February 2012

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Source: The Telegraph - Posted by Dave Wreski
A member of the computer hacking group Anonymous has hacked into a telephone conference between the FBI and Scotland Yard and posted it on the internet.
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Supreme Court of Sweden Upholds Pirate Bay Prison Sentences

01 February 2012

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Source: Wired - Posted by Dave Wreski
Sweden’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the prison sentences of the four founders of The Pirate Bay, the notorious file-sharing service on Hollywood’s and the recording industry’s most-hated list.
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